Spoon River Valley Elem School

Set in London Mills, Illinois, Spoon River Valley Elem School is a minimally staffed primary school, one of the schools within Spoon River Valley CUSD 4. It educates 134 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 381 students each, so Spoon River Valley Elem School sits 65% leaner than that benchmark.

Spoon River Valley CUSD 4 comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 236 students; Spoon River Valley Elem School is among them.

Demographically, Spoon River Valley Elem School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder looks like 10% multiracial. Compared to Fulton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Spoon River Valley Elem School records 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Spoon River Valley Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.2%; Spoon River Valley Elem School posts 64.2%, +19.0 points above that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,599, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fulton County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,160 students), of which Spoon River Valley Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Spoon River Valley Sr High Sch, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Spoon River Valley Elem School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 42.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Spoon River Valley Elem School's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 176 (now 134). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 95% to 90%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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